The Dispatch
'We could wipe the floor with Manchester': The bookshop fighting to boost Birmingham's literary scene
And why Waterstones treats readers like 'dumb dumbs'
Freezing flats and tenants ‘treated like animals’: Counting the human cost of a social housing empire
‘We had purple fingers and slept with jackets on’
Sick of that ‘click bait stuff’ - The Dispatch’s first ever member is on a crusade for quality reporting
Anne Forster tells us what she wants from her local paper - and it isn’t celebrity gossip.
The looming tower: Did a Coventry factory poison my family?
Thousands of people grew up in the shadow of ‘the tall, skinny Courtaulds chimney’. Now they can’t help wondering about its legacy.
The worst location for red light-jumping in Birmingham revealed
Plus: enjoy a pairing of Gremlins and wine tonight
‘Weirdness, art, and stuff’ - Foka Wolf and Tat Vision do Christmas
The Birmingham artists talk fame, loss, friendship, and their festive variety show
Exclusive: A ‘furious’ mayor and a hidden fault - is this the real reason Voi scooters were taken off our roads?
Plus: A heartwarming short film about a family-run Bearwood newsagents
At Birmingham City, pessimism dies hard
How will a club where failure is an identity cope with success?